The Timpson Bears faced off against the Shiner Comanches Thursday night at Randall Reed Stadium in Porter in a UIL 2AD1 state semifinal game for the right to play in the championship game next Thursday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
The Shiner Comanches won the coin toss and elected to receive the opening kickoff. The Comanches then drove the field in 5 minutes and 18 seconds capped off my a 15-yard run from Doug Brooks to give the Comanches an early 8-0 lead.
Following a Timpson Bears’ punt, the Comanches stretched the lead to 14-0 on a 23-yard touchdown run from Trevor Haynes with 2:16 remaining in the first quarter.
As the game moved into the second quarter, Timpson was once again forced to punt and Shiner once again found the end zone, this time on 14-yard run from Dalton Brooks to extend the lead to 21-0 with 7:34 to play in the first half.
Following another Timpson punt, Tyler Palmer connected with Zane Rhodes on a 36-yard touchdown pass to push the lead to 28-0 with 2:42 left in the half.
Following a Ryan Petterson interception, the Comanches found the end zone one more time before halftime as Dalton Brooks scored from 19 yards out to give the Comanches a 35-0 lead with 0:48 remaining in the 2nd quarter.
Ryan Petterson would record his second interception of the night on the final play of the first half.
At the half Timpson had 40 yards of total offense. Shiner had 46 yards passing to go with 321 yards rushing.
It was more of the same in the 3rd quarter as Palmer scored on a 3-yard run to push the Comanche lead to 42-0.
Timpson got on to the scoreboard on a 21-yard TD pass from LT Washington to Shahed Cross with 0:12 left in the third quarter to cut the Comanche lead to 42-7.
Shiner would add a 30-yard TD run from Dalton Brooks in the fourth quarter to make the final score 49-7.
Shiner will face off against Post on Thursday, 12/18 at 11 A.M from AT&T Stadium in Arlington for the 2AD1 state title.
Enjoy these photos from the game by Antony Michael Blalock.
